Shortjaw Cisco fishing in Canada

Coregonus zenithicus

Documented at: 14 waters
Primary species at: 0 waters
Ideal water temp: 9°C
Active range: 4–15°C

Best shortjaw cisco waters today

Scored for 2026-09-14 from live weather, water temperature and this species’ own thermal range.

How to fish for shortjaw cisco

Shortjaw cisco are a deepwater cisco, assessed as a threatened species, that has been lost from much of the lower Great Lakes but persists in a number of deep, cold northern and western lakes. Like its relatives it's a cold-water, plankton-feeding schooling fish of deep, well-oxygenated water - a forage species and habitat indicator, not an angling target. Where it survives, its presence signals a deep, cold, oxygen-rich lake of high quality and conservation importance. On a location page a shortjaw cisco record is best read as evidence of intact coldwater habitat rather than as something to fish for, and its at-risk status means it should not be targeted.

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